Akins v. Bethea

SEBRING, J.:

Cora Akins, G. W. Bethea, Opal Knowles, and Eula Wilder instituted a suit in equity against L. B. Bethea and The Perry Banking Company to set aside several property conveyances alleged to have been made by J. J. Bethea to L. B. Bethea as the result of undue influence exerted over the grantor in the conveyances. At final hearing the chancellor granted the relief sought as to one of the conveyances, denied relief as to the remainder, and adjudicated that “The costs of this suit are taxed against the defendants the same to be caluculated by the clerk of this Court.”

The plaintiffs…